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UPSC 2017: For election to the Lok Sabha, a nomination paper can be filed by
(a)anyone residing in India.
(b)a resident of the constituency from which the election is to be contested.
(c)any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a constituency.
(d)any citizen of India.
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) any citizen of India whose name appears in the electoral roll of a constituency.
Section 4(d) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 provides that for an ‘unreserved’ Lok Sabha seat a person must be ‘an elector for any Parliamentary constituency’; residence in the specific constituency is not required. Therefore a citizen whose name appears in any electoral roll anywhere in India can file the nomination (option c). Options (a), (b) and (d) either omit the ‘elector’ requirement or wrongly insist on residence in that constituency. ([indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/33535/?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2017, GS Paper 1, as Question 57. It falls under Indian Polity > Elections & Electoral Reforms.
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